268 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



* GENUINI. 



Entoloma sinuatum. Fr. 



Pileus up to 6 in. across, very fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 gibbous at first, then depressed, yellowish-white ; margin 

 wavy and sinuate, becoming broken up into squamules when 

 dry; gills emarginate, slightly adnexed, -i— | in. broad, 

 crowded, distinct, reddish-yellow; stem solid, fi.rm, stout, 

 3-6 in. long, 1 in. thick, equal, compact, fibrillose at first, 

 then glabrous, naked, white. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) sinuatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 143 ; Cke., 

 Ulustr., pi. 310. 



Agaricus sinuatus^ Bull., Champ., t. 590. 



In woods. 



Smell strong, pleasant, almost resembling burnt sugar. 

 The stem is sometimes shorter, as shown in Bulliard's fig. 

 t. 590. (Fries.) 



Some old specimens of this fungus, fully grown, measured 

 9 to 10 in. across. (Saund. & Sm.) 



Entoloma lividum. Bull. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, disc very fleshy, becoming very thin 

 towards the margin, flesh white, compact, convex then plane, 

 dry, glabrous, distinctly longitudinally fibrillose, pale livid 

 tan; stem about 3 in. long, 1 in. or more thick, almost equal, 

 glabrous, apex mealy, shining white, imperfectly hollow ; 

 gills almost free, rounded behind, 3 lines broad, pallid then 

 flesh-colour; spores subglobose, coarsely warted, 10-11 /x 

 diameter. 



Agaricus lividus, Bulliard, Champ., t. 382 ; Cke., lllustr., 

 pi. 311. 



In woods. 



Stem rigid externally, stuffed with a spongy pith, slightly 

 striate, 3 in. long, 1 in. and mere thick, disc of the pileus 

 compact, 4 in. and more broad, m.t wavy. Smell of new 

 meal, which suggests its being edible, but according to 

 Quelet, very poisonous. (Fries.) 



Var. roseus, Cke. Pileus soon plane, smooth, polished, 

 whitish-ochre, disc rosy, margin whitish, about 4 in. across, 

 flesh thick at the disc, gradually becoming thinner to the 



